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AS COMPLETED
Workmen are now busy at Belfast
completing the outside work of one
of the largest log cabins to be found
in the state of Maine, and probably
the world, a massive structure, which
recalls in a way the primitive huts,
but is. Indeed, "a thing of beauty."
The building is owned by prominent
Philadelphia people. It is composed
of spruce logs and cost $75,000.
This cabin, erected by the children
of the late William H. Folwell of
Philadelphia, who began its erection
but died before the completion, in
many ways is one of the finest build
ings on the coast.
The lower story is entirely of
spruce logs cut on the island and in
their natural state. Above this the
building is clap-boarded and neatly
finished. The front room downstairs
is 30 by 60 feet, hardwood floor and
is artistically decorated with oil
paintings, wedgewood, mounted birds,
brass work and other decorations.
The windows are many and those
to the front are of one pane of plate
glass, with a frame of gold f.n the in
terior, giving a beautiful natural pic
ture effect.
At the back of the room is a mag
nificent fireplace of a gigantic nature.
It is built of brick and granite, the
mantelpiece being of marble, 12 feet
in length, three in width and nine
inches thick, the whole piece of work
weighing some forty tons. Across the
front of the mantelpiece, cut in the
marble is this inscription: "How
Beautiful Upon the Mountains.”
Back of the mantel is another tab
let of Pennsylvania marble, five by
five feet, decorated with brass ro
settes and bearing the Latin inscrip
tion, “Mon Reve,” translated to "My
Dream." The hall which opens from
the back is twelve by sixty feet, and
from this is entered the two wings,
the main house, and the stairs to the
chambers. The main part of the
house runs back some twenty-two
feet by sixty three feet, in which is
located the kitchen, laundry and
storage rooms.
The two wlngB are each twenty by
thirty feet, the southern one being
fitted for a dining-room in the style
of the old English times, with a fif
teen foot table ar.d beautiful decora
tions, while the north wing is given
over to smoking and bath rooms.
Upstairs the main hall is twelve by
sixty feet, and there are twenty two
sleeping rooms on either side of the
large hall, running the length of the
house. Each room is thirteen by fif
teen feet, while the front rooms are
fifteen by twenty feet, three in num
ber. All the rooms are equipped with
white iron bedsteads and first class
fittings, while the gable roofs and
the seventeen dormer windows
make them all desirable. The lower
part of the house Is built of six-inch
logs, and the sloping roofs overhang.
The building is set upon fifty-eight
piers of stone and will have been two
years in building, when it is complet
ed. There are several fireplaces of
tile, and there is much hand carving
in the interior finish.
Much of the original shrubbery has
been left around the buildings and
the grounds will in a great part ge
kept in their present half-wild state.
DID HE FALL SIX STORIES?
Or Did He Really Fall Only a Few
Feet?
A man fell down an elevator shaft
a distance of six stories in New York
the other day and wasn’t hurt. Con
nected with his fall was a circum
stance which calls for some expert
ness in mathematics to figure out.
The man was at an entrance to an
elevator shaft at the tenth floor look
ing down, when the elevator came
whizzing by from farther up the shaft.
There was a space of two feet be
tween the floor on which the man
stood and tne elevator, but the man
was leaning over just far enough so
that the elevator touched him as it
passed. Unnerved, the man lost his
balance and fell, following the de
scending elevator. The elevator was
going down almost as fast as the man
was falling, so he did not overtake it
until the fourth floor was reached, or
until he had fallen six stories. Inas
much as he and the elevator were
traveling at almost the same rate of
speed, the impact was very slight,
and the man was scarcely bruised.
Together man and elevator went to
the ground floor, where the man was
met by his friends who fully expected
to find him dead.
Now, the question arises, how far
did the man really fall? Of course
he went the distance of six stories
before he reached the elevator, but
the elevator was never at the farthest
more than a few feet ahead of him.
Inasmuch as he fell only till he
reached the elevator, did he really
fall for a greater distance than these
few feet;
Some one who has more time than
we have may figure out this and the
other queries which arise as one pon
ders on the queer circumstance.
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MARK TWAIN AND HIS COLLAR.
Humorist Did His Best to Make
Amends for Fault.
Mayor Low's secretary, James B.
Reynolds. Is authority for the follow
ing anecdote, which connects the
author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” with
the originator of “Huek Finn.”
The Stowe house at Hartford was
situated close to the Clemens place,
and not Infrequently Mr. Clemens is
known to have "shinned” over the
back fence, his corncob pipe in his
mouth, his collar and cravat any
where but on him. These informal
visits were a source of considerable
annoyance to Mrs. Clemens, who fre
quently remonstrated with her hus
band on the subject.
On the occasion of one particularly
long call of this sort, the indignant
wife read her spouse a severe curtain
lecture. Returning from this, sad
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denec! and repentant, the mournfu
humorist carefully wrapped up i
collar and cravat in a sheet of browi
paper and dispatched them to Mrs
Stowe, with the following explanatory
note:
"Mrs. Clemens tells me that I spent
half an hour at your house this morn
ing without the inclosed articles
Therefore I must ask you to look at
them for that length of time.
"P. b.—Please return them; they
are all I have.”—New York Tribune
HER VIEW OF WESTERNERS.
Moral of Spinster Landlady’s Story
Somewhat Spoiled.
"I think that the people of the West
are exceedingly interesting, but I dc
not like their ways," said the spinstei
landlady, as she began her nightly at
tack with the carving knife on a leg
of cold mutton.
“What don't you like about them?”
asked her nephew, who sat next tc
her and often embarrassed the board
ers by saying there was too much wa
ter in the soup.
“Why, I think that they are too for
ward.” said the woman with the knife
as she peeled ofT a thin slice for a
hard working politician and office
holder, who often entertained the rest
of the boarders by telling them of his
campaign experiences.
“Have you met many westerners?'
asked the politician, as he saw his
almost empty plate set before him.
“Yes,” was the prompt reply. “I
was out in California and the people
out there entertained me almost tc
death. The women I met at noon
acted as if they had known me theii
whole lives by 2 o'clock. They were
altogether too forward. I didn’t like
it.”
“But the men didn’t bother you,
aunty, did they?” piped up the
nephew.
MEANT FOR THE TEACHERS.
Boy’s Idea of Sunday School Interna
tional Letter Sheet.
What appears to be a really new
Sunday school anecdote comes from
West Philadelphia, and is said to be;
a truthful record of a bit of dialogue
between a teacher in one of the upper
grade schools of that section and a
pupil who is neither brighter nor
duller than the general average. He
wras third in succession who “failed'
with regard to a question concerning
the geography in and around the Red
Sea, and was finally told that he
should have interest in that part oi
the earth because of its religious and
Biblical associations.
“Why, teacher," he said, “I never
pay any attention to things 1 hear Id
Sunday school.”
“You don’t?” she asked, in surprise
“Why, for what do you suppose is all
the expense of getting up the Inter
national Lesson sheets every week?”
“Huh!” he snorted in fine contempt
“Be( ause the teachers don't know
what to talk about unless it’s printed
out for them.”
A County Affair.
The ’ate ‘Tom" Marshall, one ol
Kentucky's most brilliant wags and
lawyers, was always as poor in pocket
as he was rich in wit. On one occa
sion he found the judicial sentiment
setting strongly against his proeesi.
of questioning the witnesses involved
At last, losing his temper, Marshal:
turned on the judge and asked:
"Will your honor kindly fine me
$10?"
“For what, Mr. Marshall?" asked
the Judge.
“Contempt of court."
"But you've been guilty of no con
tempt,” insisted the judge.
“Your Honor, believe me—I nevei
before saw a court for which I had sc
much contempt as for this!"
"Enter a fine of $10 against Mr
Marshall for contempt,” ordered the
bench, turning to the clerk.
“Thanks!" said Marshall. “And now
your honor, will you lend me $10 with
which to pay the fine?”
"Mark Mr. Marshall's fine remitted,*
ordered the Judge, promptly. “The
county can better afford to lose II
than 1!”
Another Impression of America.
“Why is it that Americans are sc
brave and self-possessed?" asked one
European soldier.
“They are accustomed to dangei
from their earliest infancy," answereO
the other. "Every year they have at
ordeal of fire and explosion, whicfc
the youth of the country all attend
something after the manner of certain
remote Asiatic tribes. It is known u>
the kotirth of july."—Washlngtoi
Star.
CURES DIPLOMATIC AMBITION.
A Short Term in the Zanzibar Con
sulship Generally Sufficient.
Undesirable consulships have long
given rise to humorous incidents. Hut
Zanzibar, to which the President has
appointed Mason Mitchell, a rough
rider. seems to be in the lead in un
attractiveness, If the length of con
sular terms proves any test, says the
Washington correspondent of the New
York Evening Post. Indiana has usu
ally claimed the honor of furnishing
candidates for this place, but after
the resignation of a man named Rog
ers of Shoales, the Indiana senators
notified the President that they were
through with It. They had constitu
ents who were willing to take
chances, but the senators were not
prepared to promise that these ven
turesome individuals would stay more
than a month. Before Rogers took
the place it was held for nearly a year
by “Bob” Mansfield, at one time pri
vate secretary to Senator Beveridge,
and now consul at Valparaiso. Mans
field came back, according to Indiana
descriptions. ‘ as thin as a toothpick
and as yellow as June butter." He
said he had stuck It out as long H3
the Insurance company would let him,
and that he returned to save his pre
miums. Before Mansfield, there was
an Indlanian named Billhelmcr, de
scribed as a husky Hoosier, with a
large nose and frame pickeled in
materia. He was cured of diplomatic
ambition in about two months, and
has never asked for a place since.
Before Billhelmer, Judge Riley of Vir
ginia served; he remained as long as
his aversion to the negroes would
permit. Finally, he Is said to have
taken a gun and emptied a load of fine
birdshot into the dusky natives who
persisted in taking a daily bath in
front of the American consulate,
which, the Judge “allowed,” was an
Indignity to be resented by this gov
ernment’s representative.
HE LIKES FRIED POTATOES.
Grand Duke Alexis Has a Favorite
Dish, So They Say.
Grand Duke Alexis of Russia is
very fond of fried potatoes, and dur
ing his recent visit to Paris he was
wont to buy a few every day from a
woman in the street ana to eat them
beside her stall.
The woman did not know him, but
as he paid her in princely fashion,
she was very anxious to find out who
he w'as.
“I can tell you who he is,” said a
neighbor one day. ‘‘He is Grand
Duke Alexis, uncle Of the cjar and
one of the greatest men in Russia.”
Utterly amazed, the woman asked:
‘‘In heaven’s name, how should I ad
dress him?”
“Oh, call him ‘Your Excellency,’ or
‘Your Royal Highness, ” was the an
swer.
The woman resolved to do so, and
the next day, as she was sprinkling
some salt over the smoking potatoes
which the grand duke had bought,
she saiiD "1 can recommend them to
your royal highness, for I know your
excellency has never tasted better
potatoes.”
The grand duke burst out laughing,
and paid more for the potatoes than
he had ever paid before, but he was
annoyed at finding himself recognized
and never returned to buy another
potato.
Girard Was Considerate.
One of the sea captains in the em
ploy of Stephen Girard had a rural
Yankee’s fondness for whittling with
his jackknife, and on one trip suc
ceeded in getting away with a large
part of the rail, although, feeling that
he was not without the artistic sense,
he really regarded the rail as greatly
improved in appearance. When the
vessel came to Philadelphia Girard
went aboard, made a general inspec
tion in the captain’s absence, and, as
he was about to return to shore, asked
one of the seamen who had been cut
ting the rail. The seaman told him
the captain, and then, afraid his tell
ing might have unpleasant conse
quences were the captain to learn of
it in a roundabout way, informed that
official of the interview with Girard.
The captain was in terror of a repri
mand, but, hearing nothing from his
employer, supposed the incident
closed. As he was about weighing
anchor ready to leave port, a dray
loaded with shingles drove down to
the wharf, and the driver hailed the
vessel.
“There must be some mistake!
shouted the captain. "Our bill of
lading doesn’t mention shingles!”
“This is where they belong!" sung
back the driver. “Mr. Girard, him
self, told me to deliver them! He
said they’re for the captain to whit
tle!”
Standing on the Bias.
During the trial of a street railway
damage suit in one of the circuit
branches of the supreme court of the
District of Columbia a few days ago
an important eyewitness of the acci
dent took the stand in the person of
an elderly colored man. The plaintiff
had been injured while the car was
at a street crossing, and one of the at
torneys was endeavoring to elicit from
the witness Just where the latter was
standing at the moment the plaintiff
was struck by the car.
“As I understand you,” remarked the
attorney, after a number of questions
had been asked, “you were standing
at the street corner diagonally oppo
site the point where the accident oc
curred.”
“No, sir, I wasn’t,” declared the wit
ness. "I guess I was standing kinder
sort er on the Was from the spot.”
Wild Animals Kill Many.
Tigers killed 357 persons and pan
thers 295 last year in the Indian cen
tral provinces.
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One of the recent graduates of
West Point tells this story:
“1 fell in with an old army officer
after the exercises. He looked me
over and asked me a good many ques
tions. Among others he asked how
' came to be appointed and I told him
that it came about in the usual way.
“ 'A recommendation does not nec
essarily mean merit,’ he said.
“I assented to this.
“ ’I do not think that passing an ex
amination always means merit,’ he
added as a - rusher.
‘ I said I supposed not. I had re
solved that l would not violate any of
the rules by getting into an argument
with an old regular, now on the re
tired list.
“ ‘I knew a young man who got
here,’ he continued, ‘just after the
civil war, because he was mentioned
by 1 He commanding officer in an en
gagement. for bravery, and the
youngster never intended to be brave
—he did it because he did not know
what he was doing, or because he
could not help it. He is dead now and
i do not mind telling you about it.
“ ‘He was at headquarters in the
Army of the Potomac, and as he was
a good sort of a fellow he got in with
a general of one of the divisions who
lived pretty high. He and this young
man went on a bat on one occasion.
Not to speak disrespectfully of the
dead the young man got as drunk as
a sailor on shore leave.
“ ‘While he was in that condition
the division got orders to go to the
fiont and this young fool was put in
the saddle and told to go in the other
direction. But. the engagement came
on quickly and the horse on which
he sat being like Job’s war charger,
smelled the battle and turning, dash
ed into the thick of the fight.
“ ‘The young fool who rode him
had just enough sense to hang on and
the horse plunged and neighed into
the fray. It was a miracle that horse
and rider came out of it alive.
“ 'The commander of the division
witnessed what I related, and in his
report to Grant he made special men
tion of the daring of the fellow. The
result was that the fellow was ap
pointed a cadet He was a graduate,
I believe, of the Missouri university
before he went into the army, so he
was able to pass here.
“ ‘But what I want to impress upon
you, young man, is this, if this fellow
had not been drunk he would have
kept his horse from being so reckless.
And in that case he might not have
been mentioned for bravery, and con
sequently he would not have been ap
pointed a cadet.
“ ‘He was a good fellow—peace to
his soul—but he owed his education
by the government to his horse.’
“ ‘And to getting drunk,' I added.
“ ‘Well,’ said the old regular, ‘you
know what Lincoln said w'hen some
body told him Grant got drunk.’
“And with that he turned away, evi
dently satisfied with his lecture.”
NEEDED SYMPATHY j£
And the Physiclnn Wm Perfectly Willing to Give It to yh
Her a.I $5.00 an Hour \
nhen I)r. Pills went abroad," said
the young physician, “he left me in
charge of his practice, and opposite
one address in his book he made a
mark—I won’t say what it was—but
it meant that 1 was to call at that
house every day, without fail. I
naturally expected to find the rase a
serious one, hut owing to another
mark beside the name I learned that
nothing in the world was amiss with
the patient.
“It was a woman, and she lives in
a handsome house in the best quar
ter of the town. She has a husband
who is wrapped up in his business,
and two grown sons, who have their
own affairs to attend to. I found her
in bed, her elderly face topped by a
coquettish invalid s cap. A lace shawl
lay about her shoulders, and a silk
quilt was spread carefully over her.
“Every time I went to see her I
found her in a different toilet. Even
the quilt was never alike two days
in succession. There was absolutely
nothing the matter with her but what
I may call heart ennui. She was
rich, but she hadn’t anything In the
world to interest her, and that is all.
They didn’t pet her. nor make of her.
She was simply pining for a little
sympathy. It diverted her to see me
come in.
“It pleased her to be able to talk
about herself to somebody who would
listen. She gained in her own esti
mation from having her pulse felt
every day. She wanted the doctor
to plan her day for her. Some days
I ordered her to drive in a closed
carriage. Other days I told her a
drive in her victoria would do her a
world of good. I always cautioned
her to wrap up well. I gave her sym
pathy and attention, and I made her
feel that she was an object of inter
est to at least one person.
“Of course, she was silly and sel
fish too, but if her thickheaded fam
ily had only thought of flattering her,
of making of her. of treating her with
anything besides their unvarying, un
emotional kindness she’d never have
fancied herself an invalid. As it was,
and as it is, she pays $5 a visit for
the chance to talk to somebody who
is sympathetic, and I'm willing to
supply sympathy to the whole town
at that price."—Washington Post.
j RECALLS TRAGIC EVENT J
jdjk Loss of Chinos# Man-of-War Causes Honowed Discussion W
^ of MeJne Explosion ^
Recently there has been a good deal !
of quiet discussion among naval men
concerning the explosion of the
Maine, excited by the news which
arrived from China that the warship
Kai Chib exploded and sank within
thirty second while lying in the Yang
tse-Kiang river, killing 150 officers
and men.
The explosion of the Maine was
one of the most mysterious affairs
that ever happened in naval history.
Notwithstanding the report of the
board of inquiry into the manner of
her loss, there are naval officers who
maintain that the cause of the ex
plosion of the Maine has never been
cleared up. They say that no positive
evidence was adduced to show that
the Maine was exploded from the out
side, although the report of the board
pointed out many significant facts
which supported this contention.
On the other hand there was some
evidence tending to show that the i
explosion was of Interior origin.
Among this was the fact that about
half an hour before the explosion
there was an unaccountable and suif
THE EXTREMES OF INDOLENCE.
Japanese Women of Rank Are the
Laziest on Earth.
In a recent address in Tokyo a
prominent Japanese educator said:
“The indolence of Japanese ladies is
something amazing. I know a daugh
ter of a certain peer, neither an old
court nor a feudal peer, but a brand
new one, and this young lady's indo
lence is really beyond the idea of or
dinary mortals. She will not even
open her mouth of herself. As soon
as the time to retire to her bed ar
rives she issues her order, 'Now I will
retire,’ and at at once three or four
maids spread the underquilts, help
her—or, rather make her, for she
simply stands like a doll—to change
her clothes, and at last the girl,
swaddled in her night garment, is put
to bed just like a person suffering
from a serious illness, and so the poor
thing goes to sleep and releases her
maids from their trouble till the morn
ing, when the daily routine is resum
den rise In the temperature of one of
the magazines, which fact was report
ed to Capt. Sigsbee and entered in the
records.
Some thought this was occasioned
by spontaneous combustion in one of
the coal bunkers and which subse
quently exploded one of the maga
zines. Such combustion is known to
be liable to occur, especially when
vessels are lying in tropical waters.
A British man-of-war had previously
been exploded by fire from spontane
ous combustion reaching one of the
magazines.
Now comes the mysterious explos
ion of a Chinese warship of large
dimensions. She went to the bottom
in about the same time as the Maine,
and although the total loss of life was
not so great as on the American ship,
it was relatively higher, as only two
escaped. The Kai Chih was an up-to
date ship, having been built in 1884,
and she resembled the Maine in many
particulars.
The Chinese general code was
founded 2,000 years ago.
ed. First of all she issues to the
maids waiting in her anteroom this
extraordinary order, i shall get up
now,’ and then the process exactly the
reverse of that of the night before is
forthwith commenced by the girls.
Day after day this routine is gone
through and the spoiled child of the
proud upstart peer forces herself
from her mistaken notion as to dig
nity to lead the life of an invalid
and to cripple the normal develop
ment of her body.”
Gillette a Real Sherlock Holmes.
William Gillette, whose impersona
tion of Sherlock Holmes has become
so famous, has acquired much of the
cunning of the character he portrays,
and on being interviewed by the news
paper reporters extracts from them
all they know without himself impart
ing any information. On his return
from Europe the other day all the Bos
ton scribes sought to learn of his fu
ture plans, but were obliged to aban
don the effort
